§3 Real and complex inner product spaces
3.1 Inner products and norms
3.2 Orthonormal bases
3.3 Orthogonal complements and projections
Chapter 2 Polynomial Factorizations and Applications (8h)
§1 Formal polynomials and polynomial functions
1.1 One-variable polynomial ring over number fields
1.2 Division algorithm for polynomials
1.3 Zeros of polynomials and their multiplicities
§2 Polynomials with real and complex coefficients
2.1 Factorization of real polynomials
2.2 Factorization of complex polynomials
§3 Polynomials taking matrix values
3.1 Substitution of matrices into polynomials
3.2 Substitution of operators into polynomials
3.3 Annihilating polynomial and minimal polynomial
3.4 Triangularization of linear operators
Chapter 3 Spectral Theory of Linear Operators (8h)
§1 Operators on inner product spaces
1.1 Self-adjoint operators and their matrices
1.2 Normal operators and their matrices
§2 Spectral theorems
2.1 Normal operators on unitary spaces
2.2 Self-adjoint operators on Euclidean spaces